Display rack



Dec. 1, 1925.l

E. S. CHAMBERLIN DISPLAY RACK 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Auez. 29' 1924 IN vENToR EDWIN /SQmfnLl/v ATTORNEY:

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DISPLAY RACK Filed Aug. 29,-` 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 HAMBERLIN,

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EDWIN S. CHAMBERLIN, 0F DAYTON, CHIC.

DISPLAY RACK.

Application filed August 29, 1924.

T0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, IlnwiN S. CHAMBER- LIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Racks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to display racks for use in advertising and exhibiting producs in stores and the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a rack which will display the desired article itself, aswell as advertising` matter relating thereto.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for permitting the rack to be collapsed without the loosening of any screws or other fastening means, into a conipact form which may be readily placed in a comparatively flat box and carried about by a traveling man, and as readily set up in operative position when it is desired to show saine. The relative flat contour of the folded device is also of marked advantage in shipping and storing. t

The foregoing objects are carried into effect by a hinged table supported by pivoted legs and a frame with means for carrying a plurality of sheets orcards which may contain various advertising slogans or any other desired matter.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my improved rack in open position;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the rack in open position and provided with a number of cards;

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the device when folded;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the hinged table or supporting surface.

In these drawings I have shown a substantially U-shaped frame comprising upright members 1 and a horizontal top cross piece A horizontal cross piece 3 is secured to the upright members 1 near the bottom thereof and serves to support other upright members 4 and 5 which are also secured to the horizontal top piece 2. These members 4 and 5 are bent near their centers so that the upper parts extend in a plane laterally to the lower parts but parallel thereto, whereby a depressed portion is formed in the upper part of the rack for receiving a plurality of cards Serial No. 735,002.

as hereinafter set forth. If desired, a horizontal cross piece 6 maybe secured to the uprights 1 immediately beneath the bent portion of the uprights y4 and 5 to further strengthen the frame structure and provide a complete frame which will accommodate a. number of display cards and prevent them from being marred when the device is being shipped or stored. The ribs or uprights 4 and 5 are provided with apertures 7 near the top thereof into which suitable rings 3 are placed. These rings are adapted to receive one or more cards or sheets 9, which may be of any desired size, but preferably` of a size smaller than the space defined by the members 1, 2 and 6, so that said members will constitute a protecting framevfor the purpose above set forth. These cards may carry any desired advertising matter. It will be seen that in use, when a plurality of cards are employed, they may be lifted one at a time and slid on the ring until they hang in a position back of the display frame. Y portion of the frame receiving the cards or sheets may also be provided with a mirror. This mirror may carry advertising matter and be used in conjunction with or without the cards.

Secured to the uprights 1, beneath the horizontal member 3, is a rod 10. A table top 12 has extensions 11 which encircle the rod 10 when the rack is in extended position. As a means of support for the rack I provide legs 13 pivoted to the uprights 1 as shown at 15. The low ends of the legs 13 are adapted to rest upon a table or other supporting surface, while their upper ends are pivoted, as at 14, to the table 12 and thus assist in supporting the same. To complete the leg structure of the rack as a whole I provide legs 16, the lower ends of which, rest on a supporting surface in advance of the position of the legs 13. The other ends of the legs 16 are pivoted to the uprights 1 by the pivots 15 in conjunction with the legs 13. The legs 16 are held ll e f in proper relation to the uprights 1 by stops 17 against which the lower parts of the uprights 1 abut when in extended or operative position. The stops 17 in conjunction with the pivots 15 secure the members 1, 13 and 16 together in such a manner as to keep these parts rigid when in full extended position.

Thus it will be seen that in use the product itself to be advertised or exhibited may be placed on the table 12, while the advertising sheets or cards suspended from the ring 8 may display any matter regarding the product or device that it is desired to set forth, and that the uppermost sheet may be lifted out of the way of the neXt succeeding sheet and so on until as many sheets as it is desired to display has been utilized.

I will now point out t-he advantages of construction which permit the device to be compactly folded. The table 12 is first lifted and the hinged members 11 disengaged from the rod 10, which is permitted by reason of the pivotal connections 14 and 15. The supporting members are then nested and the table placed over the same so that the side flanges 18 thereof fit snugly against the uprights 1, this being permi-tted by the cutaway portions 1S) and 20, respectively, at the front and rear of said table. These cutaway portions also permitthe front flanges 2O of the table to lie between the supporting members, while the hinge members 11 are of such width that they will extend between the uprights 1 and 4f and 1 and 5. Thus it will be seen that the folded device is substantially the dimensions of the frame proper, which provides a very compact device for shipping and one that is capable of being easily carried by a traveling man and readily opened up when desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is z- The herein described rack consisting of upright members, horizontal members extending from one upright member to the other, other upright members bent near the central parts thereof so that the upper parts of said members extend in a plane laterally to the lower parts thereof, the upper parts of said upright members cooperating with the first mentioned upright members to form a depressed space and constituting a frame adapted to receive display cards, whereby the outer display card may be maintained substantially flush with the forward edges of the first mentioned upright members, legs secured to the lower ends of the first mentioned upright members, one pair of such legs extending forward of the point of con- EDIVIN S. CHAMBERLIN. 

